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• n  a miserly person

• President Bush has not usually distinguished himself as a tightwad, but when it comes to the Corps an agency he doesn't control as much as he'd like his budgets have been .
• Proxmire was, not surprisingly, a workaholic, and also a notorious tightwad.
• Remember the tightwad tourist whose baggy shorts, frequent complaining and shouted questions about why none of the locals spoke any English made the ugly American the world's .

• cheapskate

News & Articles

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• How to save on car rentals
  How does a $69 car rental end up costing more than $200? Easy. The advertised rate is just the beginning. Reporter Tod Marks, who covers shopping for Consumer Reports as Tightwad Tod, tried booki...
  Nov. 28, 2013 - Consumer Reports via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Rob Portman in Los Angeles Times
  Portman, 51, joked that although his title was director of the Office of Management and Budget, "other titles sometimes came my way: Dr. No. Tightwad. Budget hawk. Penny-pincher. And some not suitable for a television audience."
• Michael Lucas in North County Times - Californian
  By running, it's allowing me to bring up the subjects and give the people and opportunity to vote for someone who's a cheapskate and a tightwad,Lucas said.